Song | Ira Hayes |
Artist | Townes Van Zandt |
Album | Live at Union Chapel, London, England |
Download | Image LRC TXT |
作词 : LaFarge | |
Ira Hayes, | |
Ira Hayes | |
CHORUS: | |
Call him drunken Ira Hayes | |
He won't answer anymore | |
Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian | |
Nor the Marine that went to war | |
Gather round me people there's a story I would tell | |
About a brave young Indian you should remember well | |
From the land of the Pima Indian, a proud and noble band | |
Who farmed the Phoenix valley in Arizona land | |
Down the ditches for a thousand years | |
The water grew Ira's peoples' crops | |
'Till the white man stole the water rights | |
And the sparklin' water stopped | |
Now Ira's folks were hungry | |
And their land grew crops of weeds | |
When war came, Ira volunteered | |
And forgot the white man's greed | |
CHORUS: | |
Call him drunken Ira Hayes | |
He won't answer anymore | |
Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian | |
Nor the Marine that went to war | |
There they battled up Iwo Jima's hill, | |
Two hundred and fifty men | |
But only twenty-seven lived | |
to walk back down again | |
And when the fight was over | |
And when Old Glory raised | |
Among the men who held it high | |
Was the Indian, Ira Hayes | |
CHORUS: | |
Call him drunken Ira Hayes | |
He won't answer anymore | |
Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian | |
Nor the Marine that went to war | |
Ira returned a hero | |
Celebrated through the land | |
He was wined and speeched and honored | |
Everybody shook his hand | |
But he was just a Pima Indian | |
No water, no crops, no chance | |
At home nobody cared what Ira'd done | |
And when did the Indians dance | |
CHORUS: | |
Call him drunken Ira Hayes | |
He won't answer anymore | |
Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian | |
Nor the Marine that went to war | |
Then Ira started drinkin' hard | |
Jail was often his home | |
They'd let him raise the flag and lower it | |
like you'd throw a dog a bone | |
He died drunk one mornin' | |
Alone in the land he fought to save | |
Two inches of water in a lonely ditch | |
Was a grave for Ira Hayes | |
CHORUS: | |
Call him drunken Ira Hayes | |
He won't answer anymore | |
Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian | |
Nor the Marine that went to war | |
Yeah, call him drunken Ira Hayes | |
But his land is just as dry | |
And his ghost is lyin' thirsty | |
In the ditch where Ira died |
zuo ci : LaFarge | |
Ira Hayes, | |
Ira Hayes | |
CHORUS: | |
Call him drunken Ira Hayes | |
He won' t answer anymore | |
Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian | |
Nor the Marine that went to war | |
Gather round me people there' s a story I would tell | |
About a brave young Indian you should remember well | |
From the land of the Pima Indian, a proud and noble band | |
Who farmed the Phoenix valley in Arizona land | |
Down the ditches for a thousand years | |
The water grew Ira' s peoples' crops | |
' Till the white man stole the water rights | |
And the sparklin' water stopped | |
Now Ira' s folks were hungry | |
And their land grew crops of weeds | |
When war came, Ira volunteered | |
And forgot the white man' s greed | |
CHORUS: | |
Call him drunken Ira Hayes | |
He won' t answer anymore | |
Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian | |
Nor the Marine that went to war | |
There they battled up Iwo Jima' s hill, | |
Two hundred and fifty men | |
But only twentyseven lived | |
to walk back down again | |
And when the fight was over | |
And when Old Glory raised | |
Among the men who held it high | |
Was the Indian, Ira Hayes | |
CHORUS: | |
Call him drunken Ira Hayes | |
He won' t answer anymore | |
Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian | |
Nor the Marine that went to war | |
Ira returned a hero | |
Celebrated through the land | |
He was wined and speeched and honored | |
Everybody shook his hand | |
But he was just a Pima Indian | |
No water, no crops, no chance | |
At home nobody cared what Ira' d done | |
And when did the Indians dance | |
CHORUS: | |
Call him drunken Ira Hayes | |
He won' t answer anymore | |
Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian | |
Nor the Marine that went to war | |
Then Ira started drinkin' hard | |
Jail was often his home | |
They' d let him raise the flag and lower it | |
like you' d throw a dog a bone | |
He died drunk one mornin' | |
Alone in the land he fought to save | |
Two inches of water in a lonely ditch | |
Was a grave for Ira Hayes | |
CHORUS: | |
Call him drunken Ira Hayes | |
He won' t answer anymore | |
Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian | |
Nor the Marine that went to war | |
Yeah, call him drunken Ira Hayes | |
But his land is just as dry | |
And his ghost is lyin' thirsty | |
In the ditch where Ira died |
zuò cí : LaFarge | |
Ira Hayes, | |
Ira Hayes | |
CHORUS: | |
Call him drunken Ira Hayes | |
He won' t answer anymore | |
Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian | |
Nor the Marine that went to war | |
Gather round me people there' s a story I would tell | |
About a brave young Indian you should remember well | |
From the land of the Pima Indian, a proud and noble band | |
Who farmed the Phoenix valley in Arizona land | |
Down the ditches for a thousand years | |
The water grew Ira' s peoples' crops | |
' Till the white man stole the water rights | |
And the sparklin' water stopped | |
Now Ira' s folks were hungry | |
And their land grew crops of weeds | |
When war came, Ira volunteered | |
And forgot the white man' s greed | |
CHORUS: | |
Call him drunken Ira Hayes | |
He won' t answer anymore | |
Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian | |
Nor the Marine that went to war | |
There they battled up Iwo Jima' s hill, | |
Two hundred and fifty men | |
But only twentyseven lived | |
to walk back down again | |
And when the fight was over | |
And when Old Glory raised | |
Among the men who held it high | |
Was the Indian, Ira Hayes | |
CHORUS: | |
Call him drunken Ira Hayes | |
He won' t answer anymore | |
Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian | |
Nor the Marine that went to war | |
Ira returned a hero | |
Celebrated through the land | |
He was wined and speeched and honored | |
Everybody shook his hand | |
But he was just a Pima Indian | |
No water, no crops, no chance | |
At home nobody cared what Ira' d done | |
And when did the Indians dance | |
CHORUS: | |
Call him drunken Ira Hayes | |
He won' t answer anymore | |
Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian | |
Nor the Marine that went to war | |
Then Ira started drinkin' hard | |
Jail was often his home | |
They' d let him raise the flag and lower it | |
like you' d throw a dog a bone | |
He died drunk one mornin' | |
Alone in the land he fought to save | |
Two inches of water in a lonely ditch | |
Was a grave for Ira Hayes | |
CHORUS: | |
Call him drunken Ira Hayes | |
He won' t answer anymore | |
Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian | |
Nor the Marine that went to war | |
Yeah, call him drunken Ira Hayes | |
But his land is just as dry | |
And his ghost is lyin' thirsty | |
In the ditch where Ira died |